The UK charity Gambling with Lives exists to support bereaved families who have lost loved ones to gambling harms - and to lobby the government to ban gambling advertising.

In 2021 I produced a series of films for a landmark educational resource, for use in UK schools, youth clubs and sports clubs. Three of the films are short animations exploring gambling products and their addictive design properties.

The main film is a 20 minute live-action drama which follows a group of friends torn apart by gambling addiction. We follow Mark as he finishes school and grows up, falling deeper into a gambling addiction that he cannot hope to control.

We also designed a series of 4 lessons around the films.

Credit: Producer

Production company: Pukka Films